Education

In this section, we feature several resources to help you learn more about genetically engineered foods.

On the right sidebar, you'll find the table of contents for a tutorial on genetically engineered foods, a great place to start. The tutorial was put together by our sister organization, The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods.

Below, we've included several articles about genetically engineered foods. We've also compiled a page of useful links to web sites about the issue, as well as a list of foods that are genetically engineered, or contain GMOs.

We also encourage you to visit the News Updates section on The Campaign's web site. Several times a week, The Campaign compiles the latest news about the genetically engineered foods debate.

Articles

Sowing disaster?
The Nation, Oct. 28, 2002

20 questions on genetically modified foods (PDF)
World Health Organization

You are what you eat...but how do you know what that is?
Article by Philip L. Bereano, professor of technical communications at the University of Washington

Jeopardizing the Future?
Article by Michael Hansen, Ph.D. and Jean Halloran of the Consumer Policy Institute of Consumers Union

TransAtlantic Food Wars
Article by Philip Bereano, professor at the University of Washington, and Florian Kraus, German Fulbright scholar.

Ten reasons why biotechnology will not ensure food security, protect the environment or reduce poverty in the developing world
Article by Miguel A. Altieri, University of California, Berkeley and Peter Rosset, Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, Oakland, California.

The articles below are from The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods:

ABC News poll: 93 of Americans percent support labeling

New York Times exposes major league biotech industry bungling

rBGH milk sweeping the nation, despite health concerns

270-group Consumer Federation calls for labeling

Genetically engineered trees could mean forest-full of problems

StarLink fiasco increases pressure for regulation

Genetically engineered bugs under development

"Blue revolution" coming as scientists develop genetically engineered fish

GE foods tutorial

From The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Food's Take Action Packet.

The simple ABC's of genetic engineering

Biotech corporations: Big promises, but can they deliver?

Pesticidal potatoes, terminator seeds and genetically mutated trees, oh my!

Meteoric growth: Genetically engineered foods now are almost everywhere you look

Allergic reactions and other possible health risks

Threats to the environment

Organic foods at risk

Isn't the government supposed to protect us?

Up in arms: The world reacts to "frankenfoods"

Why labeling?

What you can do

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